AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU (IN CORONADO): A WEDDING

When it came to booking his own wedding, marriage photographer Michael Prine, 33, found all the popular venues taken. So he married his fiancé Kaitlin Lyons, 27, in a movie theater — Coronado Village Theatre, to be specific.

Prine had proposed there and Lyons grew up in Coronado. However, there was no turning back when they discovered the first movie shown at the art deco theater in 1947 was “Irish Eyes Are Smiling.” The bride and groom are both Irish step-dancing teachers and met at dance class.

Dressed in flowing white gown and tux, they recited their vows on stage last month flanked by eight groomsmen and eight bridesmaids. About 200 wedding guests armed with popcorn, candy and sodas from the theater snack bar settled into cush movie seats and sported 3-D glasses for added dimension. The cinema marquis announced the wedding.

The only downside? The theater rental cost was linked to ticket sale estimates for the Saturday matinee canceled because of their ceremony. It turned out, their wedding fell on the first weekend showing of “Iron Man 3.”

Door of Hope: A “Who’s Who” of San Diegans attended the opening ceremony for the Salvation Army’s $7.5 million Door of Hope campus expansion Friday.

The oldest attendee, at 102, was surely local aviation pioneer Bill Gibbs, who started what is now known as Montgomery Field. Gibbs dedicated a meditation garden to his late wife, Barbara.

At one point, “Filner jokingly thanked Oakland Mayor Jean Quan for offering to accept all of California’s newly released prisoners or, as he called them, ‘prison guys.’” Detrow went on to note that the Sacramento mayor broke the ensuing silence by saying Filner was “a rookie mayor.”

To which Sir Bob replied: “My sense of humor has not … gone over yet with San Diegans.” …

Nevertheless, he is making his native Pittsburgh and Squirrel Hill neighborhood proud. A mostly glowing Post-Gazette piece June 16 was headlined “Bob Filner, the Pittsburgh native who’s changing San Diego.”

Nuts & Bolts: A Chula Vista man, Joel Martinez, is the fastest maintenance tech in California and Hawaii and was in the running for the national title. Thousands of spectators jammed the San Diego Convention Center floor Thursday at the National Apartment Association’s annual Maintenance Mania national championship.